"I am concerned what they are going to do to the American people," he said. And by "they," he meant U.S. leaders.

"They’ll add some more security on to us," Paul explained. "First they make us take off our shoes and then our belts and then small bottles of
water and put our computers in a tray and on and on so something else is going to happen, they won’t let us get out of our seats or look at our
bags, thinking that’s going to make us a lot safer."

"The bigger the problem and the more the fear is built up, the more they take away our personal liberties and turn us all into zombies and the
American people go along with it and say, ' as long as it makes us safer I guess it's okay to go along'

Although I generally agree with him on almost everything I don't really agree here.

Flying is not a right so if people don't like security measures they can just not fly. They have so many other ways they are taking away our
freedoms I don't really count this as a way to turn us into zombies.

Will this make us any safer on airlines? Probably not but maybe. I'm all for the scanners that you walk passed and they can see through your
clothing. I wouldn't mind shocking some of the security anyway

Another excellent comment by Ron Paul, Man to bad we slept on this guy in 08, he could be the President.

Too bad the GOP will never let RP get past their primaries. Ever. The GOP and the Dems are two sides of the same coin, and RP does not fit into their
plans. If he goes independent he'll end like Nader, just another "kook" sitting on the sidelines.

I don't know that he's really making this into a conspiracy. I don't see people as purposely trying to take away our freedoms because of stuff
like this, I think it's just poor leadership. Whoever makes decisions to beef up security is just doing so to make themselves look like they are
doing something different or the public would get pissed. Could you imagine if they were just like..."well, we don't know how this dude got on the
plane, but we're just gonna do things the same way we always have and not take any extra precautions..." the media would have a field day with
that....

It's not so conspiratorial, it's just an idiotic knee jerk reaction...nothing more.

Agree. Wake up from your slumber Americans.
Even conspiracies aside, the lazy bureaucrat reponse to anything is ALWAYS CYA="more". More money, more regulation, more tyranny thrown in lieu of
examining and fixing the problem.
Here's a new article re body scanners on order for O'Hare.
Excerpt:
"The scanners were planned well in advance of the unsuccessful Christmas Day bombing attempt on board a Detroit-bound plane."

I do not believe Barack Obama has the necessary motivation to take ANY substantive actions. He wants the US to have more internal police power. The
more threatened and victimized we become, the greater his ability to impose more domestic control.

What better way to impose the ultimate "nanny state" than to assert, "This is for your own good," and back it up with proof of the threats and
danger that only Washington can address?

The really scary thing is that so many people have already been conditioned towards living in this fearful state and giving up there precious
liberties that even if someone like Ron Paul got into the White House I fear the majority of the American people will still demands these draconian
measures.

The Powers that Be sure have done a great job at brainwashing the masses. America will have to go to one of those cult rehabilitation centers to rid
itself of all these unpatriotic and liberty robbing dogmas I fear.

Thankfully there are still some politicians that speak the truth. It’s so sad that the few that do seem like nuts in comparison to all the dishonest
ones.

Originally posted by whoshotJR
Although I generally agree with him on almost everything I don't really agree here.

Flying is not a right so if people don't like security measures they can just not fly. They have so many other ways they are taking away our
freedoms I don't really count this as a way to turn us into zombies.

Will this make us any safer on airlines? Probably not but maybe. I'm all for the scanners that you walk passed and they can see through your
clothing. I wouldn't mind shocking some of the security anyway

You're forgetting one thing -- it only starts at the airport. What happens when they blow up a building in LA or NYC by simply walking into
it with a bomb attached? What happens when they blow up a cruise ship or sneak in through our ports? What about the subway?

The problem with the start of taking away our rights, is it only gets worse from here. So, OK....flying is a privelege. Is taking the subway to
work? Is riding on the bus?

How long do you really think it's going to be before something else blows up? People in the US are getting a little wacky due to the stresses and
pressures of the recession. From there, it doesn't take a lot to gather momentum of the crazy kind.

If someone wants to murder someone else, and is willing to kill themselves in the process, there is really very little you can do to prevent it
altogether. Delay it? Yes. Expose it? Yes. Prevent it forever? Unlikely.

How many of our freedoms are we going to give away before realizing that there is no way to make the United States 100% safe? Then what -- you think
we'll just get them back????

Ron Paul is one of the few that one could consider a good guy…and he should run for President.

What shocks me is how many on this site and others like it…conspiracy sites…have fallen for this, hook line and sinker. They believe that even
with supposedly heightened security since 9/11...excuse me while I laugh hysterically….that one lone, simple, mentally challenged Nigerian, with or
without a passport (allegedly), whose father had told the authorities about him (allegedly), who was on a extremist list (allegedly)…managed to get
onto a plane with no luggage(allegedly), paying for his ticket by cash etc, (allegedly). It is so laughable that one wonders who makes this stuff up.
The disgusting hatred that I have seen of Moslems since this ‘event’ is shocking. Wake the hell up, people.

Rather than attacking Yemen and placing intrusive and possibly unconstitutional full body scanners to take shots of people’s genitals…the first
thing that would or should be done if this were for real, if it wasn’t conveniently filmed, and if there wasn’t an apparent ‘handler’ around,
would be to fire every single person who allowed this kid through the airport and onto a plane. There should be dozens of sackings…anyone heard
anything about that? Of course not…they all played their parts admirably and will probably be promoted before the year end…lol

And to those who are squealing about how it is not a ‘right’ to fly…what sort of drugs are you on? Flying is not a damn privilege. The airlines
are a business who provide a service to paying customers, without whom (and therein lies a clue to how to tackle infringement of liberties) they would
go bust. If the paying customers do not like the way they are acting they can and should vote with their feet.

Whichever airline allowed this charade to take place on its flight should now be boycotted (if there was any justice in this world) so that they go
out of business, as they have clearly shown that they are incapable of securing their flights with the most BASIC of security checks…an incident
easily averted by maybe simply checking lists…lol…if any of this were remotely real of course. Mind you none of the 9/11 supposed hijackers seem
to have appeared on any passenger lists…things that make you go hmmm.

Every single flyer should refuse to go through one of these full body scanners…unless of course they get to see any one of the staff that they wish
to see naked first. That could while away a few hours while waiting for a flight. All flyers should insist on decent security carried out by airport
staff and not infringing their own liberties.
But all these fools…especially the gutless young it seems, will queue up and beg to be shackled, constrained and spied on, so brainwashed are they.
It must be the food and the video games.

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